Amazing Nature

Saturday, September 15th 2018

On Wednesday we were thrilled to find a rather large Buff Tip caterpillar chewing away on Willow leaves.  Today I wondered if it would still be around, but decided that it would probably have disappeared.  How wrong I was.  It was still there and still chewing away!  I was able to get a close up and you can see how hairy it is and also the dark circles that are the spiracles, through which it breathes.

Out on the moor the Willow shrubs did not hold as many inverts as Wednesday, but did have another large caterpillar, as yet unidentified.

In the sunny sheltered spots a Common Darter was sunbathing.

Some were not quite as lucky.  One sitting on the handrail did a double somersault as the wind caught its abdomen and wings.  It was not bothered at all, as it flew around, landed and hung on tightly.

Blackberries are in fruit, providing food for birds, small mammals and snails.   It must have had an interesting journey to reach its goal.

Sometimes something just catches your eye.  This spider had spun its web between two Wild Angelica seed heads and although not covered in dew, the web was clear.

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